Mariners sweep Billerica in first round of Legion playoffs

Friday

Jul 27, 2007 at 12:01 AMJul 27, 2007 at 8:45 PM

The Swampscott Mariners got out their brooms and successfully swept away the Billerica Indians, 13-1 in a slaughter rule-shortened triumph at Swampscott High School July 26. They are now just two wins away from a trip to the state American Legion baseball finals in Hudson.

Eli Pearlstein

The Swampscott Mariners got out their brooms and successfully swept away the Billerica Indians, 13-1 in a slaughter rule-shortened triumph at Swampscott High School July 26. They are now just two wins away from a trip to the state American Legion baseball finals in Hudson. Next up will be the winner of the Lowell versus Peabody series. The second round is set to begin Sunday at either Alumni Field in Lowell or Peabody High School. Game two of the best-of-three series will be played at Swampscott High School Monday.

Against Billerica, the Mariners managed to bat around in both the first and second innings, pounding out 12 hits to account for 11 runs in the first two frames.

Billerica finally got on the board in the top half of the third with a run off Swampscott starter Dan Glabicky of Marblehead, but the locals got it right back in the home half of the fourth and another in the sixth to account for the final score.

Offensively, all nine starters contributed at least one hit to the onslaught, with four Mariners connecting for homeruns.

On the mound, Glabicky recorded the victory allowing two hits, four walks and one earned run while fanning three over the first four innings. Andrew Borseti entered the game in the top of the fifth and surrendered a walk while striking out a pair in just one inning. Chris Nemeskal relieved Borseti in the top of the sixth and tossed two shutout innings, scattering two hits and fanning one to seal the deal, before the mercy rule entered into the picture.